Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of figures ix
4. List of tables xi
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2. Theoretical frameworks 7
7. Chapter 3. Mechanical engineering 35
8. Chapter 4. Methodology 51
9. Chapter 5. Rhetorical structures of mechanical engineering research articles 77
10. Chapter 6. The phraseological profile of mechanical engineering research articles 163
11. Chapter 7. Rhetorical variation within the mechanical engineering discipline 205
12. Chapter 8. Conclusions and implications 237
13. Appendices
14. Appendix A. Range, frequency, and length of communicative functions across the sub-corpora 247
15. Appendix B. Results from statistical tests performed on moves and steps 268
16. Appendix C. Results of quantitative analyses 286
17. References 303
18. Index 315